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83Firing Squad at Dawn - Executions in World War One (WWI)
During the First World War, several hundred men were shot at dawn, by firing squads, made up of their own comrades, supposedly for cowardice and desertion. Many were suffering from trauma and other physical, psychological and / or emotional health problems. A number of them were young boys, who had lied about their age, when they enlisted, and then simply could not cope with the horrors that World War One forced upon them. They died a horrific and terrifying death, when they should have been sen
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74Keeping Some Sanity in a World That Seems Completely Insane
Is some sanity enough? Is it necessary to be totally sane? Is it possible to be completely insane? Does the sanity and insanity reside outside of me or within me? If I do something insane, does that make me insane? What does it even mean to...
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75Doomed Youth: soldier poets of the First World War.
All soldiers are brave but the soldiers of World War One who went over the tops of the trenches and walked purposefully towards the tangled barbed wire in the face of direct gunfire and heavy shelling were a breed apart. Three of their most famous poets were moved to tell others what it was really like, what war really meant to them. And in their poetry they have left us a poignant legacy of their bravery.
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78Shot at Dawn: Lest We Forget WW1 Crimes and Haig: An Overdue Tribute To All Those Executed For Cowardice In World War 1.
Shot at Dawn: Lest We Forget WW1 Crimes and Haig: An Overdue Tribute To All Those Executed For Cowardice In World War 1; by Pearldiver, tells of the hundreds of young men who were wrongly executed for Cowardice and Desertion by Commanders who knew...
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67Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Based on the original comic book and 80's cartoon series, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles make their cinematic debut to take on their deadliest adversary, the Shredder.
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69ANZACS AND YANKS - The Second Decade of the 20th Century
Why was there a Great War close to the beginning of the 20th Century? How did people in countries such as Britain, the USA and Australia see themselves at the start of the 20th Century and during the Great War? These questions and many more are answered.
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64Critical Mass, Chapter 18: A Snake In Wolf's Clothing
Critical Mass by Steven G. Curry, Chapter 18: A Snake in Wolf's Clothing (contains links to Ch.1 and Table of Contents)
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67Shell Shocked Isabel Shrapnel (1)
"I am five, six, seven and my father has cake for my birthday and because it's Armistice Day..." - A young girl starts telling an amazing and horrific story about the Great War...
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68World One War: Shellshock
'Doughboy' Shell Shock Victim 1918 The true horrors of War George Grosz 'Fit for active Service' 1916-1917 Australian Soldier with the 'Thousand Yard' Stare, common sign of Shell Shock Aid Station 1917 During the course of the First World War, one...
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65An Angel Born in No Man's Land
German troops are crossing the Belgian border with the intention to attack France. The British army is on Belgian soil, ready to meet the Germans... A tale of the Great War.
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